Echi -> RE: Help Identifying My Conde (Oct. 8 2016 16:42:42)
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My belief is that the Sanchis Carpio Company made guitars for Atocha, Gravina and the first 3 years of Felipe V. I was told that these things are ruled by contracts and that Ricardo was bound not to copy the Conde Felipe V bracing, plantilla etc. on his own guitars or reveal the collaboration. Someone well in the business (cannot make the name, but a very reliable fellow) told me also that Ricardo was one of the handful of luthiers (mostly former Ramirez employees) who used to make the 1st class Felipe V model. Not sure it's true. I set up many Condes and I'm inclined to believe that there are different recurring hands involved. I have no direct evidence, I don' mean to say that Sanchis = Conde or anything like that. Conde is Conde and at the end I am still a Conde fan [:D][:D] Btw the old Sanchis Carpio were very good guitars, way better than today IMHO.
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